My colorful journey in the world of baking - sharing my adventures, mishaps and passion.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Fall

As much as I
dislike cold weather, I love fall. The leaves changing colours, Halloween, the
beginning of sweater seasons – they are all reasons I love fall. But one of the
main reasons I love fall is apple picking.

I loved apple
picking as a child, and I still love it to this day. I remember as a child
going apple picking with my mom and my sister, and my tradition was to pick one
apple at the very beginning of the day and spend the rest of the time at the
orchard polishing that apple. Then, just as we were about to leave I would eat
my polished apple and I swear it was the best apple in the world.

Usually when I go
apple picking, I go a little over board. My goal for apple picking this season
was to pick my weight in apples – but luckily that didn’t happen! I only picked
10lbs of apples, but still that’s a lot of apples. So I immediately started
baking! I decided to start with the classic Apple Crisp. I love how it makes
the house smell wonderfully of cinnamon and apples! Here’s the recipe:

Bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes. There should be
bubbling along the side of the crisp and the topping should be browned.

As a quick side note: in the picture I had made a half batch of this recipe, so I put it in a 8x8 baking dish.

This recipe is
super simple and the end product is delicious with ice cream or whipped cream.
It is definitely a sweet dessert. So if you wanted to cut back on the
sweetness, you could cut back on the sugar mixed in with the apples. I’d say
half a cup would be fine.

If you end up
apple picking this season and come home with a whole bunch of apples you don’t
know what to do with, why not try this recipe? It’ll be a crowd favourite I’m
sure!